1. How do I get started with Fusion Knowledge Management in the Redwood User Experience?
  2. Create a Knowledge Author User

Create a Knowledge Author User

After you have created the provisioning rule, you're ready to create the author user.

To create an author:

  1. Sign in as the setup user.
  2. Click the profile icon, and then click Setup and Maintenance.
  3. From the Setup drop-down list, select the Service offering.
  4. Under Functional Areas, click Users and Security.
  5. From the Show drop-down list, select All Tasks.
  6. Click the Manage Users task.

    The ( Search Person ) page appears.

  7. Click + to create a new user.

    The Create User page appears.

  8. In the Person Details region, provide:
    • Last Name: For example, Balmer.
    • First Name. For example, Anne.
    • Email: A welcome email is sent to this email address with a link to reset the password when you create this user.
  9. In the User Details region, provide:
    • User Name: This is the account name which the user will use to log in to the application. For example, anne_balmer.
  10. In the Employment Information region, provide:
    • Person Type: Select Employee.
    • Legal Employer: Select the legal employer Oracle created for you. The legal employer name is typically your company name followed by the letters LE.
    • Business Unit: Select the business unit Oracle created for you. The business unit name is typically your company name followed by the letters LE BU.
    • Job: Search and select the job you created for this user. For example, Knowledge Management Author Job.

  11. Click Autoprovision Roles.

    The Role Requests region displays the following roles:

    • Knowledge Author Service
    • Resource
    • Employee
    • Knowledge Author Role

  12. Click Save and Close.

    The user creation request may take a few minutes to complete. A welcome email is sent to the user’s email address with a link to reset the password.

Congratulations! Your knowledge author user, Anne Balmer is created. However, Anne can perform the knowledge authoring activities in the Redwood User Experience only after you assign locales to her, which you will doing in the upcoming topics.